What Does Addiction Look Like?
The symptoms of alcohol or drug dependency are very similar: an increase in tolerance (being able to drink or use more and experience less of the effects), an increase in frequency, lying or hiding information about your usage, sneaking drinks or using drugs covertly, violating your value system while under the influence, or not being able to control your usage. The most defining symptom of addiction is the loss of control as reflected in broken promises, drinking or using more then intended, or doing or saying things that in your right state of mind you would not do.
How Do I know If I Am an Addict?
An addiction occurs when you begin to rely on a chemical, activity or behavior to feel good, to get by, or to escape from your current life circumstance. This reliance, coupled with compulsion, begins to cause harm to you and to others around you and creates a cycle destructive behavior.
The Freedom Center developed this questionnaire to help you better assess your real situation.
Completing the questionnaire is easy. Jot down your answers (noting the letter corresponding to your answer is fine), tally your score, and then call us for a quick and easy assessment. Your call is free and confidential — you don’t even have to give your name — and, of course, completely without obligation.
1. Is getting drunk or high becoming less fun?
a) Yes
b) No
c) I don’t know
2. Do you frequently drink or get high alone?
a) Yes
b) No
3. Can you imagine life without alcohol or drugs?
a) Yes
b) No
4. Do you use the same amount or more alcohol and drugs as most of your friends?
a) Yes
b) No
c) I don’t know
4. Is your life stressful or complicated?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes
5. Do alcohol or drugs make it easier to deal with the difficulties in your life?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes
6. Have your family or friends ever asked you to curtail your usage of alcohol or drugs?
a) Yes
b) No
7. Have you ever promised to cut back your usage?
a) Yes
b) No
8. Have you made that promise more than once?
a) Yes
b) No
9. Does your use of alcohol or drugs affect your performance at work?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes
10. Does your use of alcohol or drugs make life more stressful at home?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes
11.Have there been times when you have been drinking or using drugs that you could not recall events that were being reported back to you?
a.) Yes
b.) No
c.) I don’t know
12. Do you want to learn to reduce the amount of the drugs or alcohol you use?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Undecided
13. Do you want to eliminate your use of alcohol or drugs completely?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Undecided
Now, tally the number of questions to which you answered A, answered B or, when applicable, answered C. Call us at 303.420.9430 and ask to speak with a counselor to discuss your results.
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